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Squatters take over Texas home, call police on neighbors for harassment
KTRK-TV abc7.com ^ | Monday, August 14, 2023 3:00PM | ByMiya Shay

Posted on 08/17/2023 12:51:54 PM PDT by Red Badger

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1 posted on 08/17/2023 12:51:54 PM PDT by Red Badger
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This is a nationwide problem. There needs to be an immediate access to the court. And the owners need the ability to have these people arrested.

Every burglar should just carry a fake lease for the property in question. This is a complete breakdown of law.


2 posted on 08/17/2023 12:56:43 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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It should be absolutely Legal to walk into your own home and while in fear for your life, shoot anyone inside that doesn’t belong there.


3 posted on 08/17/2023 12:57:16 PM PDT by eyeamok
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We had locks replaced and re-keyed them to all be the same. The locksmith made us show a property tax bill with my wife and I as owners. I appreciated his professionalism and care.

Only after that was shown did he do the job. His dispatcher also asked us to take a phone snapshot of the property tax bill and send her the picture.

4 posted on 08/17/2023 12:57:33 PM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) My dog Sam eats purple flowers.)
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The actual owner obviously has legal papers as well. Get several of your badass friends and move right back in. When the cops come show them your ownership status. When the thief shows the fake lease, the cop can’t arrest on that... after all, they say they cannot tell real from fake enough. So how can they tell YOUR papers aren’t real.

Then give the Tony Soprano treatment to the thieves.


5 posted on 08/17/2023 12:58:58 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
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” They urge homeowners and management companies to post “no trespassing” signs clearly on their property. “

What total crap. So if you don’t put no trespassing signs it must be OK for people to break in and take over your home.


6 posted on 08/17/2023 12:59:46 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage? (Drain the Swamp. Build the Wall.)
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That’s why a property tax bill works better. Can’t fake it. Most counties list the property owners on a county tax website. They can cross reference to that.


7 posted on 08/17/2023 1:00:24 PM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) My dog Sam eats purple flowers.)
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there seems to be a rash of these activities, enacted by self-described “sorts of American nationals or moorish Americans”, which both fit the ‘sovereign citizen’ movement, groups who play fast and loose with the U.S. Constitution married to abstract ‘universal codes and ccommon law’.

The Youtube channels, “Law Talk with Mike” and “Blackhart Knight” have a trundle of videos on these subjects.


8 posted on 08/17/2023 1:01:32 PM PDT by Terry L Smith
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Looks like the real estate managers and property owners would hire old fashioned house sitters................


9 posted on 08/17/2023 1:03:15 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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Typical squatgroids.


10 posted on 08/17/2023 1:09:32 PM PDT by Muhammy
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This isn’t a job for patrol cops, they are there to keep the peace, not sort out property rights. This SHOULD be a thing local elected officials, particularly the sheriff, mayor, zoning official, etc... should be able to move on with great haste, if they wanted to stay in office. Of course that is assuming a lot.


11 posted on 08/17/2023 1:11:30 PM PDT by jz638
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Armed and masked intruders should throw them out by force shooting as many as necessary.


12 posted on 08/17/2023 1:13:51 PM PDT by EastTexasTraveler
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I know the laws are different in every state, but why would you need to go through eviction proceedings if there isn’t a valid rental/lease agreement?

This makes zero sense.

Does this mean when I go on vacation, someone can just break into my house and I have to evict them? What’s the difference between that and someone breaking in and just helping themselves to a bedroom while I sleep?

There has to be more to the story.


13 posted on 08/17/2023 1:18:03 PM PDT by laxcoach (The secret to happiness is a bait pen full of pinfish.)
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That exact scenario you mention has happened...................


14 posted on 08/17/2023 1:18:46 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: EastTexasTraveler

Baseball bats..........................


15 posted on 08/17/2023 1:19:23 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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I hear that a skunk scent stinkbomb can do wonders.


16 posted on 08/17/2023 1:20:33 PM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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So can a hornets nest........................


17 posted on 08/17/2023 1:21:38 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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Double keyed deadbolts help, too. Preferably Assay Alboy, as they can’t be bumped or picked. (Not easily drilled)

If they break in, they have to come and go though a window.

Alarms and cameras.

Bars on vulnerable windows. Or high security screens.


18 posted on 08/17/2023 1:30:43 PM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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THIS IS RIDICULOUS!

THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR IT!

19 posted on 08/17/2023 1:46:14 PM PDT by Savage Beast (Go to see Sound of Freedom. Encourage everyone you know to see it.)
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The neighbors should do what the guy did in a different thread. Wait until the squatters go out, then the neighbors move in and become the new “squatters”, protecting the property and keeping it safe.


20 posted on 08/17/2023 1:49:01 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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